exception

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a deliberate act of omission

   with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news

2. 2
   noun

   grounds for adverse criticism

   Their authority is beyond exception.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

   the exception of a rule

4. 4
   noun

   That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.

   That rule is usually true, but there are a few exceptions.

5. 5
   noun

   An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.

   null pointer exception

6. 6
   noun

   an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization

7. 7
   noun

   An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.

8. 8
   noun

   An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō. Equivalent to except + -ion.